Roadmaps to Opportunity and Budget Roadblocks
Lecia Imbery,
May 7, 2015
“These budgets massively disinvest in the country, and then they shred the social safety net… That is actually a recipe for putting a lot more people into poverty and eliminating opportunity.” – House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) I listened to Rep. Van Hollen make this comment...
Americans Low Savings Rate A Bad Sign for Good Economy
Andrew Yarrow,
May 4, 2015
This post was originally published on The Fiscal Times on April 26. We’re supposed to be enjoying an economic recovery since the Great Recession of 2008-2009 – yet many economists have questioned whether the last five years have been much of a “recovery.” Judging from the mood of the American...
Raise the Wage Act Would Help Millions of Working Families
Lecia Imbery,
April 30, 2015
Below is the Coalition on Human Needs’ statement supporting the Murray-Scott legislation to increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour. For sample tweets (with key facts) and graphics you can share with your networks to show support for this legislation, see this related blog post. Coalition on Human Needs Celebrates Introduction of Raise...
TANF’s Not Alright
Indi Dutta-Gupta,
April 30, 2015
[Editor’s Note: Today, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources is holding a hearing about Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Below you’ll find a very timely post by Indi Dutta-Gupta and Kali Grant, both of Georgetown University’s Project on Deep Poverty. The hearing is titled “Ideas for Improve Welfare...
Raise the Wage Act would increase minimum wage to $12 by 2020
Joanna Sandager,
April 29, 2015
Please join us for a #RaiseTheWage Twitterstorm on Thursday, April 30th, 1-2 pm ET, in support of the introduction of the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $12 by 2020. Tomorrow the Raise the Wage Act will be introduced by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and...
